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    removing spyware

    Morning, The advice above is spot on. (hiding the computer and telling her porkies might be a bit extreme though :roll: ) The free games you get can and do come bloated with little nasties so the more you download and install...the more spyware that comes along for the ride. Uninstall...
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    New monitor has stopped my PC working with old monitor

    Evening, It could be the resolution of the display is set incorrectly or a corrupt display driver. Does the pc boot up and display ok in safe mode?. It could be worthwhile checking this 1st (proves the graphics card or onboard graphics are ok) and maybe reinstalling or downloading and...
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    PC won't boot.

    Nice one, glad it all worked out. At least yer mate was initially able to get the files off he needed - thats half the battle. could have been a loose connector on the back of the hdd i suppose but its all worked out well in the end, especially getting rid of malware etc. Your mate owes you...
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    PC won't boot.

    Ok, time for a quick reply before attempting round 3 of digging out my works van from the snow then digging out the street...again. :twisted: post :- (power on self test) is a small bios program that makes sure your keyboard,ram, disk drives, graphics cards are there before starting up. if...
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    PC won't boot.

    a little more info is needed first. is the blank screen before or after the windows logo?. Does the computer post ok?. if you go into the bios, does the bios show the hdd as being there?. is there a cd or dvd left in the dvd rom drive and the drive set as 1st priorty boot device? if your...
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    GRRRRR!!!! I've got a friggin virus!!!!!!!

    i would try running an online virus scanner to make sure you have fully removed it. I use nod32 as my day to day antivirus scanner but have been known to use the trend micro housecall online scanner if i want a little reassurance. heres a link to the trend micro online scanner...
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    Setting Dell Bios To Boot From CD Rom

    The bios revision shouldn't make any odds to yer problem. Does the DBAN cd work in another pc? (disk knacked or scratched/ not burnt correctly maybe?) or is the cd rom drive playing up?. can you play a music cd in the drive? I've had the latter problem before with the mother in law's dell...
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    had working motor reconditioned , now tripping overload

    morning, Can you run the motor without any load?. if so, what current per phase are you drawing. is the motor mechanically overloaded? Check the motor control panel.. do you have a faulty contactor or high resistance across the contacts?. If the panel is a star delta starter, does it swap...
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